Farmers are in the middle of calling input suppliers to get quotes for fall fertilizer, and the prices are shocking. The corn price to fertilizer price ratio on inputs such as phosphate are now the ...

Bio-based fertilizers promise a greener future but face high costs, regulatory gaps and acceptance barriers. Clear definitions, bold policies, and targeted subsidies are key to turning this ...

The number of bushels of corn to pay for 1 ton of fertilizer is at historic levels, according to analysis by StoneX Group. If falling corn prices weren’t bad enough, fertilizer prices surged higher to ...

If you are looking at input costs for your 2026 crops, you are probably wondering why so many of them remain stubbornly high—especially when crop prices have remained relatively low. “The bottom line ...

Prices for fertilizer products have been dropping for months from highs reached last year after many producers cut down on applications, but major manufacturers such as Mosaic and Nutrien see farmer ...

Mark Mueller is a fourth-generation farmer from Bremer County producing no-till corn, soybeans, alfalfa, specialty beans, forage rye and corn for silage. He serves as the Iowa Corn Growers Association ...

Fertilizer is one of the quiet workhorses of the global food system, yet it is also a major driver of climate pollution. The emerging evidence is that if governments price the emissions from ...

Investors have flocked to companies selling microbes as an alternative to traditional fertilizer, putting in $1 billion last year Pivot Bio, with an office in Ames, reported that it tripled its acres ...